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H. H. NORRINGTON.

PERFORATING PUNCH.

No. 481,583. Patented Aug. 30, 1892.-

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HENRY H. NORRINGTON, OF WEST BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

PERFORATING-PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,583, dated August30, 1892.

Application filed November 25, 1891- Serial No. 418,069. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. NORRINGTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at West Bay City, county of Bay, State of Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Perforating-Punches;and I declare the following to be a' full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in aperforating-punch, the same being more particularly designed as acheck-punch and for analogous uses.

The object of my invention is to provide a punch of superior utility,adaptation, and simplicity of construction and operation.

To these ends my invention consists of the devices and appliances, theirconstruction, combination, and arrangement more fully hereinafterspecified and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan view embodying features of my invention,showing a portion of the case broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionon the line 00 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a separate view of the male-dieplate. Fig. 4: is a separate view of the female-die plate, and Fig. 5 isa separate view of the rocking lever and pawl.

I carry out my invention as follows: A represents a bed-plate upon whichthe check or analogous article is placed to be punched. B denotes apressure plate or clamp to hold the check down upon said bed-plate. Theclamp is provided with operating-lever arms I) 1). One of saidlever-arms may be provided with a finger-piece b for operating theclamp.

O is the inclosing case to inclose a portion of the device. v

D denotes a dial-plate, preferably V-shaped, provided with anoperating-handle D and having a jointed engagement opposite the handleupon a rotatable post E, as shown at d. The post E may freely projectthrough the case 0, as shown at c, the lower end of the post having aswiveled engagement on a bracket 0' of the case, as shown at 0 Thisdial-plate D is provided with numerals or other suitable characters, asshown in Fig. 1,

arranged on the arc of a circle and suitably spaced from one another. Asso constructed it will be seen that the dial-plate maybe moved from sideto side horizontally and also vertically, as desired, on the arc of acircle.

F denotes avertical spring-plunger extend- 1ng freely through the top 0of the case 0 up beneath and adjacent to the dial-plate D. It will beobvious that the dial-plate D may be moved horizontally, so as to bringany desired numeral or character thereupon directly over the top of saidplunger or in radial line therewith, and that when said dial-plate isdepressed the plunger will be forced downward thereby.

G denotes a male-die plate, preferably V- shaped, to correspond to theshape of the plate D. This plate G hasafiXed engagement upon therotatable post E, so as to be moved horizontally as the post is rotatedby the horizontal movement of the plate D, hinged thereto. This plate Gis immovable vertically, but is provided with a series ofvertically-movable dies g, said dies being provided with arms 9',projecting through the plate G, and with self retracting springs 9 Byproviding each of the dies with the heads g, as shown in Fig. 2, to bearagainst the bottom of the plate when the die is at rest and placing thesprings g above the top of the plate it is evident that the upwardpressure of the spring will draw the head against the bottom of theplate, and the shoulder of the head will bear against the surface of theplate and cause the stem or portion of the die that projects through theplate to stand in a vertical position Without having to pass it throughmore than the one plate, thus dispensing with the additional plate thatwould be necessary if it were not for the above construction. It alsoavoids the necessity of any additional means of connecting the dies withthe operating lever or dial other than that afforded through the plungerF, thus simplifying the construction very materially without detractingany from the utility and efficiency of the device. These dies g arearranged and spaced upon the plate G to correspond to the arrangementand spacing of the numerals or characters on the plate D, so that whenany figure or character upon the plate D is moved adjacent to the top ofthe plunger F the die for forming the same numeral or character will besimultaneously moved beneath the lower end of said plunger to bedepressed thereby.

H denotes a female-die plate having a series of female dies h arrangedand spaced therein to correspond with the arrangement and spacing of themale dies on the plate G. This latter die-plate H also has a fixedengagement upon the rotatable post E, in consequence of which the plateH is moved laterally simultaneously with the plates G and D, therebybringing the male and female dies of the same numeral or character oneunder the other and both, as already indicated, under.

the corresponding numeral or character on the plate D. The plate H isalso preferably located on a level with the top of the bedplate, so thatwhen the check isinserted under the clamp it will rest upon 'thetop ofthe bed-plate and of the die-plate. By this construction and arrangementit is clear any desired set of dies g h may be moved beneath the plungerF by simply moving the desired numeral or-character upon the plateDadjacent to the top of said plunger. Then by depressingsaid plate D thedies cut the corresponding numeral or character in the check upon thebedplate, the clamp being suitably perforated or cut away, as at 6 toallow the male dies to pass therethrough. In this manner a succession ofany desired numerals or characters may be cut in the check one afteranother. The succession of desired numeralsor characters arepreferablyspaced from one another in the check by moving the checkforward after each operation of a set of dies in the following manner:

J denotes a feed-wheel milledon its periphery and toothed upon its innerface, having a rotatable engagement beneath the bed-plate A, itsperiphery projecting through said plate so as to have contact with thecheck. J is a spring-pawl to engage said feed-wheel and give thereto apartial rotation at each operation of the pawl. This pawl is engagedupon a rocking lever K, suitably fulcrumed upon arms K, as shown at 70.

L denotes a spindle projecting freely through the plates H G and cover 0of the ease up beneath and in contact with the plate D.

M denotes a spring arranged beneath the rear end of the lever K torestore it to normal position together with the spindle L.

The plates G and H are constructed with elongated arc-shaped slots, asshownin Figs. 3 and 4, to permit their horizontal movement as abovedesired,through whichthe spindleL projects. Thus it is clear eachdepression of the dial-plate D lifts the pawl intonew engagement withthe.ratchet-plate, so that when the spring M is free to operate andthrow down the pawl it will rotate the ratchet-plate a correspondingdistance and move the check, thereby securing the required spacing.

The employment of a single plunger F with the series of individual maleand female dies, as specified, renders the device very simple, while theresults obtained are perfect and complete. The dial-plate and the maleand female die plates all swing horizontally from the same center.

The male dies may either be cutting-dies or needle-dies, as may bepreferred.

At the base of the punch I prefer to provide a drawer Q to hold theclippings.

As shown, the dial-plate is provided with an arc-shaped elongated slotinto which the end of the spring-plunger, which is preferablyshouldered, may project, the plunger being constructed with a shoulder,as shown at f, beneath the dial-plate, in order that a downward pressuremay be exerted. thereupon. With this constructionthe numerals orcharacters can be more readily brought into radial line with theplunger, index-marks being provided leading radially from the charactersto the'slot.

What I claim as myinvention is 1. In a perforating-machine, thecombination, with a bed-plate provided with a casing, of feedingmechanism within the bed-plate, and a post journaled in the casing, abroad flat dial-plate pivotally secured at one edge to the post andprovided upon its opposite edge with ahandle, a male and a female dieplate, each rigidly secured to the post within the casing,vertically-movable dies in the male-die plate, a spring-actuated plungerwithin the casing, theupper end of which is engaged by the dial and thelower end engages with the dies in the male-die plate, and meansintermediatethe post and the plunger for engaging with the dial and thefeeding mechanism, whereby the feed is operated by the dial in any ofits lateral positions, substantially as set forth.

2. In a perforating-machine,the combination, with a bed-plate providedwith a casing, of a post journaled therein, a dial-plate pivotallysecured to the post at one end and .provided with a handle at itsopposite end and having a slot intermediate the ends and a male .and afemale die plate, each rigidly secured to the post within the casin g,verticallymovable dies in the male-die plate, and a vertically-movablespring-actuated plunger within the top of the casing, the upper end ofwhich is shouldered and projects through the slot in the dial-plate andthe lower end engages with the dies in the male-die plate, saiddialplate being provided wit-h characters along the slot to correspondwith the characters of the die-plates, substantially as set forth.

3. In a perforating-machine, the combination of a bed-plate providedwith a casing, feeding mechanism within the bed-plate and a postjournaled in the casing, a dial hinged to the post above the casing, anda slotted male and a female die plate, each rigidly secured to the postwithin the casing, vertically-movable dies in the male-die plate, aplunger within the casing, the upper end of which is loosely secured inthe top of the casing and the lower end passes through the slot in thedie-plate and engages with the feeding mechanism, and means intermediatethe dial and the male dies for operating said dies by means of the dial,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I-sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY H. NORRINGTON.

Witnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, JOHN F; MILLER.

